Texas Tech has repeatedly found itself in the college football spotlight of late, whether it\u2019s been the Brendan Sorsby saga, verbal spars with Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian or aggressive player acquisition.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Paramount+ announced it has greenlit a docuseries chronicling the Red Raiders\u2019 offseason. The docuseries began production this January and is supposed to offer \u201cunprecedented\u201d access, according to a news release<\/a>. Four episodes are expected to begin airing before the start of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has proven to be a landscape-altering offseason and we\u2019ve been lucky to have a front-row seat,\u201d said Greg Groggel of Skydance Sports, which is producing the series. \u201cThis series will present fans and viewers with an unprecedented window into everything that is defining college football today.\u201d<\/p>\n The series is directed by Micah Brown, who also directed the Connor Stalions documentary on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n Texas Tech is coming off its first Big 12 championship and signed its highest-rated recruiting class ever and a top-five transfer portal class<\/a> as billionaire booster Cody Campbell continues to transform the program.<\/p>\n But no story involving the Red Raiders generated more headlines and conversation than Sorsby\u2019s gambling saga and the legal proceedings that accompanied it. Sorsby transferred to Texas Tech from Cincinnati in January and received a lucrative NIL deal, then announced in April he was entering treatment for a gambling addiction.<\/p>\n Sorsby wagered more than $90,000<\/a> and his gambling was flagged by law enforcement. He placed bets on Indiana\u2019s football program while he was a member of the team in 2022. The NCAA ruled Sorsby ineligible for the season, but he filed a lawsuit and was granted a temporary injunction that would\u2019ve allowed him to play this season.<\/p>\n Texas Tech went all in to defend its new quarterback amid substantial public relations backlash. Sorsby decided to drop his fight with the NCAA<\/a> over his eligibility, announcing plans to enter the NFL\u2019s Supplemental Draft on June 15<\/a>. Last week, the NFL announced it would not hold a supplemental draft<\/a> and rebuked Sorsby\u2019s actions in the process.<\/p>\n How much of that tale or who has editorial control of the docuseries remains to be seen. But the Red Raiders have become a spotlight program over the past few years as Campbell, who also chairs the university\u2019s board of regents, has invested more and more into the team and been heavily involved in pushes for Congressional action<\/a> around college sports rules. Texas Tech reached the College Football Playoff for the first time last season and has been a central figure in discussions about player compensation, scheduling and the transfer portal.<\/p>\n Speaking to fans at an offseason event, Sarkisian didn\u2019t specifically refer to Texas Tech by name but said: \u201cThere\u2019s a team in our state in another conference with a schedule that I would argue, if I played with our twos and threes, we could go undefeated, and they\u2019ll probably make the CFP this year.\u201d<\/p>\n Red Raiders head coach Joey McGuire later proposed Texas play Texas Tech in the season opener.<\/p>\n